Colorado Movie Theater Shooting

The deadly shooting at a "Trainwreck" screening Thursday night in Lafayette, La., sadly called to mind another mass shooting in a U.S. movie theater: the killing of 12 people at a showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" in Aurora, Col. three years ago. That tragedy also took place on a Thursday night during the busy summer moviegoing season — on July 20, nearly the identical date as the "Trainwreck" incident — and it may have impacted moviegoing attendance later that weekend. "The Dark Knight Rises" took in $161 million for the weekend, a barely perceptible jump over the $158 million opening of its predecessor, "The...

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